WHY ARE STEREOTYPES HARMFUL? Kozlova Anastasia

VERY OFTEN WE HAVE AN OPINION ABOUT A PERSON SIMPLY BECAUSE THAT PERSON BELONGS TO A CERTAIN GROUP OF PEOPLE: YOUNG OR OLD, MEN OR WOMEN, AMERICANS OR CHINESE. SUCH OPINIONS ARE CALLED STEREOTYPES. IF YOU HAVE A STEREOTYPE, YOU THINK THAT ALL PEOPLE IN A GROUP THINK, ACT AND LOOK THE SAME. BUT THIS IS NOT TRUE. IN EVERY GROUP PEOPLE ARE DIFFERENT. IF WE HAVE STEREOTYPES, WE MAY TREAT PEOPLE UNFAIRLY.

NOWADAYS MORE PEOPLE HAVE STEREOTYPES ABOUT OLDER PEOPLE. MANY PEOPLE THINK THAT ELDERLY PEOPLE ARE WEAK, UNHAPPY, UGLY AND HELPLESS. THESE STEREOTYPES HURT ELDERLY PEOPLE. OLD PEOPLE ARE AS DIFFERENT AS YOUNG ONES IN THEIR TALENTS, SKILLS AND ABILITIES. THEY OFTEN WORK AND THEY HELP THEIR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN. THEY TRAVEL AND DO SPORT. THEY CAN GIVE YOUNG PEOPLE GOOD ADVICE AND TELL THEM EXCITING STORIES.

MANY PEOPLE HAVE STEREOTYPE THAT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES ARE WEAK, UNHAPPY, UGLY, UNFRIENDLY AND HELPLESS. REALLY, THEY CANNOT DO CERTAIN THINGS, INCLUDING SEEING, HEARING OR WALKING. BUT THESE PEOPLE HAVE OTHER ABILITIES AND TALENTS. JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH, ALBERT EINSTEAN AND AGATHA CHRISTIE WERE ALL PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. BUT THEY COULD STILL DO GREAT THINGS.

PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES ARE STRONG!

THE RESULTS OF Paralympics 2014

Paralympic Games

GREAT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH During his lifetime, Bach wrote more than 1,000 pieces.

ALBERT EINSTEAN THEORETICAL PHYSICIST, ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF MODERN THEORETICAL PHYSICS, NOBEL PRIZE WINNER IN PHYSICS IN EINSTEIN - THE AUTHOR OF OVER 300 SCIENTIFIC PAPERS ON PHYSICS, AS WELL AS ABOUT 150 BOOKS AND ARTICLES ON THE HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE, JOURNALISM, ETC.

AGATHA CHRISTIE BRITISH NOVELIST. BELONGS TO THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS WRITERS OF DETECTIVE FICTION, AND IS ONE OF THE MOST PUBLISHED. CHRISTY PUBLISHED MORE THAN 60 DETECTIVE NOVELS, SIX PSYCHOLOGICAL NOVELS AND 19 COLLECTIONS OF SHORT STORIES. 16 OF HER PLAYS HAVE BEEN PRODUCED IN LONDON.

RULES OF BEHAVIOUR AND TALKING TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES First, use words that focus on the person’s individuality, not his/ her disability. Instead of “the disabled”, say “people with disabilities”. Don’t say “the deaf”, say “people who are deaf”. Second, never use words that show pity or fear of people with disabilities, and never use the word “normal” in contrast. Never use the words “victim” or “sufferer” to name person who has a disability or disease. for example, instead of saying “a victim of AIDS” or “an AIDS sufferer”, say “a person with AIDS”.